Jerry Seib: What Ukraine Election Means for Russia

5/22/2014 6:00AM

Ukraine will hold elections on Sunday that will determine the course of the unstable nation. The election will immediately impact several relationships between groups inside the country, and the course of the relationship between Ukraine and Russia, if the Kremlin decides to respect its outcome.

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I ... Ukraine has a collection on Sunday this is the election to pick a new president of the moment in the Ukraine crisis this rolling on for months now ... the church three groups of people to watch on Sunday ... their reactions will be very important first ... and probably most RBC's Ukrainian people themselves ... do they show up in big numbers to the shore enthusiastically in the issue up all over the country including in Eastern Ukraine the park close to Russia ... to make a statement that they consider this a legitimate presidential action ... not the legitimate one that the Russians have claimed it will be ... so that's important public reaction is important secondly what are the reactions of the international observers are to be hundreds of international observers five hundred or so from Canada awhile ... there to be all over the country and they're going to be making statements ... that will ... tell the world ... with a do or they don't think that this was a free and fair elections so ... the voices of those international observers on Sunday in immediately after Sen view of the important as well ... and the third and probably obviously what is the Russian reaction what Vladimir Putin's say about the selection ... as I mentioned he's been saying it's an illegitimate election because the previous president of Ukraine was ousted illegally by the Parliament ... so the whole process is flawed ... this he now pivot and accept the fact that there's a new app and legitimate Ukrainian president in place that the US to deal with and who is partner for negotiations with Russia ... to Steve's this crisis and maybe deal with the threat to eastern Ukraine